NCJ Number
244322
Journal
Law and Policy Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Dated: October 2013 Pages: 341-374
Date Published
October 2013
Length
34 pages
Annotation
Through the use of the routine activities theory this study investigated white collar crime in European carbon markets.
Abstract
Scholars recently called for increased analysis of opportunity structures that produce white-collar crimes in legitimate business systems. In the current research, the authors used mental models, a tool from cognitive psychology, to describe opportunity structures for white-collar crime in the European Emissions Trading System, the largest carbon market in the world. Specifically, the authors used routine activities theory to describe the convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets in the absence of capable guardians in different parts of the system. Implications for utilizing routine activities theory to understand and address crime in carbon markets are discussed. Abstract published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.